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‘Magic Mushroom’ creates confusion among police

Magic mushrooms? What’s that? That’s the response of the city police since not many know that it is a banned drug under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The very first case of nabbing a drug peddler in possession of the substance has left the police in the dark over how to proceed with the case

The Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) did register a case, but they are now running from pillar to post to ascertain the chemical composition of ‘magic mushroom’ for further investigations.

The police sent the substances to the Forensic Science Lab (FSL) in Madivala for confirmation. FSL confirmed that the ‘magic mushroom’ contained a psychotropic substance called psilocybin, which is illegal in India.

But the police, who are chancing upon the substance for the first time, are not aware that it is banned in India.
After the police registered a case against Thomas, they did not know how to proceed with the investigation as they were ignorant about this substance.

Hence, they did the next best thing. They contacted NCB officials, who have now promised them help in investigating the case further, said a CCB
official.

A NCB official said that possession and sale of ‘magic mushroom’ are illegal in India and the police can register a case against such persons under the provision of NDPS Act.
Poor training

The CCB police admitted that their predicament arises because of poor training about narcotics and psychotropic drugs.

Joint commissioner of police for crime (east) B Dayananda, however, denied lack of training among the police. “We have trained our staff and they have also sufficient equipment such as drug identification kits. We also sent seized drugs to the FSL for confirmation and will take legal action after the FSL report is submitted,” he said. The police said Thomasis a student and a drug addict. He was peddlingdrugs to make a quick buck.

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Banning magic mushrooms in India seems similar to banning trees. I imagine that the moist warm climate in the land of the holy cow, provides a good environment to mushrooms. Are mushrooms abundant in India?

Mushrooms are abundant in India. India is also the country with the most recorded LSD lab bust. Is it safe to assume that most of the L on a global scale has been produced in India for the past 5 to 10 years. Yes. There are no regulations on procuring precursors to LSD. It only makes sense for the family to produce it there and then run the minimal risk of mailing the final product else where. So the next time someone tells you that the L your about to eat is some Sandoz family L, it's prob true, but not from Prague, which used to be the capital of L. It's from India. Note that Novartis has labs in India producing it anyways for research purposes. Novartis owns Sandoz. Connect the dots.